adv. Obs. 5; also 3–4 on ferrum, o ferrom. [a confusion of ferrom, ferren, OE. feorran from far, with the analytical on feor, of feor, a feor: see AFAR.] From afar; afar off.
1220. St. Kath., 1294. Icorene and of ferrene ifat [i.e., fetched].
c. 1300. Cursor Mundi, 5751. Als moyses on-ferrum thoght.
1366. Maundev., xxvii. (1839), 271. I my self have seen o Ferrom in that See … a gret Yle.
c. 1500. Partenay, 629. Tho A ferrom saw to worthi men comyng.
